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【題目】 Welcome to BBC Take Away English, today we go on talking about some special festivals in Britain. Let’s come to the northern part-Scotland-a land of traditions. Here are three of them. Burns Night. Scottish people use this day to remember a poet n【1】 Robert Burns. People like playing music happily and r【2】 Burn’s poems aloud. They love eating haggis. The second one goes to Hogmanay. It’s on New Year’s Eve. People hold parties to c【3】 it. People also go “first footing” to visit their friends. They will bring a piece of bread and a piece of c【4】 to their friends. The last one is Highland Games. In summer, you can see men in kilts and socks. You can also find there are lots of women w【5】 beautiful skirts, scarves and b【6】. People also enjoy d【7】 to the music the band plays. There are lots of athletic events too. Don’t forget to try “tossing the caber”. Tomorrow we’ll introduce Edinburgh Festival. Hope you enjoy our program today. Next part is America Today. See you!

I’m Kevin. I’m talking to you in London. America Today is going to share two brave American people with you. The first one is John White, a bus driver. He often goes on a j【8】 in a boat with his family. However, this year is different, he sails around the world a【9】. That’s quite cool, right? He can see cute animals and beautiful islands. But sometimes he meets some p【10】, such as a bad storm. He thinks he is lucky to be alive. The nest brave person is Rick Hoyt. In many people’s hearts, he isn’t the loser of the triathlon even though he never w【11】. He can’t walk or talk because of cerebral palsy. But how can he take part in running, c【12】 and swimming? Thanks to his father, Dick Hoyt. When they run, Dick p【13】 his son in a wheelchair. When they cycle, Rick sits in a seat in front of his father’s bike. When they swim, Rick finishes it by l【14】 in a small boat and Dick swims and tries to p【15】 the boat. Team Hoyt encourages lots of people around the world. Do you have any questions about the two brave people? You can leave them on our websites. John White and Rick Hoyt will answer them online tomorrow. Thank you for your listening. Goodbye.

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【答案】

【1】named

【2】read

【3】celebrate

【4】coal

【5】wearing

【6】blouses

【7】dancing

【8】journey

【9】alone

【10】problems

【11】wins

【12】cycling

【13】pushes

【14】lying

【15】pull

【解析】

本文是BBC的英語(yǔ)節(jié)目，介紹了英國(guó)的一些特殊節(jié)日，和美國(guó)的兩個(gè)勇敢的美國(guó)人民：約翰·懷特和瑞克·霍伊特。

【1】句意：蘇格蘭人用這一天來紀(jì)念一位名叫羅伯特·伯恩斯的詩(shī)人。

本句是過去分詞作后置定語(yǔ)，a poet和動(dòng)詞name是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，可知使用過去分詞作后置定語(yǔ)，a poet named Robert Burns：一位名叫羅伯特·伯恩斯的詩(shī)人；故答案是named。

【2】句意：人們喜歡快樂地演奏音樂，大聲朗誦伯恩的詩(shī)。

本句主語(yǔ)People，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞是and連接的動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)，這兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞形式應(yīng)一致，根據(jù)like是動(dòng)詞原形，可知and后面的動(dòng)詞使用動(dòng)詞原形，read Burn’s poems aloud：大聲讀伯恩的詩(shī)，故答案是read。

【3】句意：人們舉行聚會(huì)慶祝。

本句是動(dòng)詞不定式作目的狀語(yǔ)，可知填動(dòng)詞原形；根據(jù)上文It’s on New Year’s Eve.可知 “人們舉行聚會(huì)慶祝新年”，故答案是celebrate（慶祝）。

【4】句意：他們會(huì)帶一塊面包和一塊煤給他們的朋友。

根據(jù)常識(shí)和英國(guó)傳統(tǒng)過新年第一個(gè)訪客要帶著一塊煤，一塊面包和一瓶酒到家中拜訪，a piece of coal：一塊煤，可知填coal。

【5】句意：你也可以發(fā)現(xiàn)有很多女人穿著漂亮的裙子，圍巾和襯衫。

句型there be sth. doing sth.：有……做某事；根據(jù)名詞beautiful skirts, scarves是衣服，可知填“穿戴”；故答案是wearing。

【6】句意：你也可以發(fā)現(xiàn)有很多女人穿著漂亮的裙子，圍巾和襯衫。

可數(shù)名詞一般用復(fù)數(shù)表示泛指，blouse：女士襯衫，復(fù)數(shù)blouses；故答案是blouses。

【7】句意：人們也喜歡隨著樂隊(duì)演奏的音樂跳舞。

短語(yǔ)enjoy doing sth.：喜歡做某事；根據(jù)句意可知填dancing。

【8】句意：他經(jīng)常和家人一起乘船旅行。

根據(jù)下文However, this year is different, he sails around the world a___9___.可知“他經(jīng)常和家人一起乘船旅行。”短語(yǔ)go on a journey：去旅行；故答案是journey。

【9】句意：然而，今年不同了，他獨(dú)自一人環(huán)游世界。

本詞修飾動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)sails around the world可知填副詞；alone：獨(dú)自，一個(gè)人，副詞；故答案是alone。

【10】句意：但有時(shí)他會(huì)遇到一些問題，比如暴風(fēng)雨。

根據(jù)下文such as a bad storm可知“有時(shí)他會(huì)遇到一些問題”，some修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，problem：?jiǎn)栴}，復(fù)數(shù)problems；故答案是problems。

【11】句意：在很多人心中，他不是鐵人三項(xiàng)的失敗者，盡管他從來沒有贏過。

本句主句是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，可知從句時(shí)態(tài)是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，主語(yǔ)he可知謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞使用單數(shù)；結(jié)合句意可知答案是wins。

【12】句意：但他怎么能參加跑步、騎自行車和游泳呢？

鐵人三項(xiàng)指“跑步、騎自行車和游泳”，根據(jù)上文he isn’t the loser of the triathlon可知“他怎么能參加跑步、騎自行車和游泳”；故答案是cycling。

【13】句意：他們跑的時(shí)候，迪克推著輪椅上的兒子。

根據(jù)語(yǔ)境和常識(shí)可知“他們跑的時(shí)候，迪克推著輪椅上的兒子�！�when引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，可知主句時(shí)態(tài)是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，主語(yǔ)Dick是第三人稱單數(shù)，可知謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞使用三單形式，push：推，三單形式是pushes；故答案是pushes。

【14】句意：當(dāng)他們游泳時(shí)，瑞克躺在一條小船上完成，迪克游泳并試圖拉船。

短語(yǔ)by doing sth.：通過做某事；lie：躺，現(xiàn)在分詞是lying；故答案是lying。

【15】句意：當(dāng)他們游泳時(shí)，瑞克躺在一條小船上完成，迪克游泳并試圖拉船。

短語(yǔ)try to do sth.：試圖做某事，盡力做某事；根據(jù)語(yǔ)境和常識(shí)可知“迪克游泳并試圖拉船”，pull：拉，故答案是pull。